The Genetics of C9orf72 Expansions

Disease Mechanisms of C9ORF72 Repeat Expansions

(2017) Tania F. Gendron et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Characterization of an FTLD-PDB family with the coexistence of SQSTM1 mutation and hexanucleotide (G 4 C 2 ) repeat expansion in  C9orf72 gene

(2016) Maria Rosário Almeida et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING

Drosophila screen connects nuclear transport genes to DPR pathology in c9ALS/FTD

(2016) Steven Boeynaems et al.   Scientific Reports

The C9orf72 repeat expansion itself is methylated in ALS and FTLD patients

(2015) Zhengrui Xi et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Whole-genome sequencing reveals important role for TBK1 and OPTN mutations in frontotemporal lobar degeneration without motor neuron disease

(2015) Cyril Pottier et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Clinical features ofTBK1carriers compared withC9orf72,GRNand non-mutation carriers in a Belgian cohort

(2015) Sara Van Mossevelde et al.   BRAIN

Extensive size variability of the GGGGCC expansion in C9orf72 in both neuronal and non-neuronal tissues in 18 patients with ALS or FTD

(2015) Angelica Nordin et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

The C9orf72 repeat size correlates with onset age of disease, DNA methylation and transcriptional downregulation of the promoter

(2015) I Gijselinck et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Haploinsufficiency of TBK1 causes familial ALS and fronto-temporal dementia

(2015) Axel Freischmidt et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Modifiers of C9orf72 dipeptide repeat toxicity connect nucleocytoplasmic transport defects to FTD/ALS

(2015) Ana Jovičić et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

C9orf72 promoter hypermethylation is neuroprotective: Neuroimaging and neuropathologic evidence

(2015) C. T. McMillan et al.   NEUROLOGY

Exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies risk genes and pathways

(2015) E. T. Cirulli et al.   SCIENCE

Aggregation-prone c9FTD/ALS poly(GA) RAN-translated proteins cause neurotoxicity by inducing ER stress

(2014) Yong-Jie Zhang et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Searching for Grendel: origin and global spread of the C9ORF72 repeat expansion

(2014) Hannah A. Pliner et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Mechanisms of toxicity in C9FTLD/ALS

(2014) Tania F. Gendron et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

C9orf72 FTLD/ALS-associated Gly-Ala dipeptide repeat proteins cause neuronal toxicity and Unc119 sequestration

(2014) Stephanie May et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

C9orf72 hypermethylation protects against repeat expansion-associated pathology in ALS/FTD

(2014) Elaine Y. Liu et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

TMEM106B is a genetic modifier of frontotemporal lobar degeneration with C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions

(2014) Michael D. Gallagher et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

TMEM106B protects C9ORF72 expansion carriers against frontotemporal dementia

(2014) Marka van Blitterswijk et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Altered network connectivity in frontotemporal dementia with C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion

(2014) S. E. Lee et al.   BRAIN

Characterization of DNA hypermethylation in the cerebellum of c9FTD/ALS patients

(2014) Veronique V. Belzil et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Hypermethylation of the CpG-island near the C9orf72 G4C2-repeat expansion in FTLD patients

(2014) Zhengrui Xi et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

C9ORF72, implicated in amytrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia, regulates endosomal trafficking

(2014) Manal A. Farg et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Global investigation and meta-analysis of the C9orf72 (G4C2)n repeat in Parkinson disease

(2014) J. Theuns et al.   NEUROLOGY

Contribution of ATXN2 intermediary polyQ expansions in a spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders

(2014) S. Lattante et al.   NEUROLOGY

Discovery of a Biomarker and Lead Small Molecules to Target r(GGGGCC)-Associated Defects in c9FTD/ALS

(2014) Zhaoming Su et al.   NEURON

Antisense Proline-Arginine RAN Dipeptides Linked to C9ORF72-ALS/FTD Form Toxic Nuclear Aggregates that Initiate In Vitro and In Vivo Neuronal Death

(2014) Xinmei Wen et al.   NEURON

C9orf72 repeat expansions cause neurodegeneration in Drosophila through arginine-rich proteins

(2014) S. Mizielinska et al.   SCIENCE

Homozygosity for the C9orf72 GGGGCC repeat expansion in frontotemporal dementia

(2013) Pietro Fratta et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

C9orf72 frontotemporal lobar degeneration is characterised by frequent neuronal sense and antisense RNA foci

(2013) Sarah Mizielinska et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Bidirectional transcripts of the expanded C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat are translated into aggregating dipeptide repeat proteins

(2013) Kohji Mori et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Antisense transcripts of the expanded C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat form nuclear RNA foci and undergo repeat-associated non-ATG translation in c9FTD/ALS

(2013) Tania F. Gendron et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

hnRNP A3 binds to GGGGCC repeats and is a constituent of p62-positive/TDP43-negative inclusions in the hippocampus of patients with C9orf72 mutations

(2013) Kohji Mori et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Reduced C9orf72 gene expression in c9FTD/ALS is caused by histone trimethylation, an epigenetic event detectable in blood

(2013) Veronique V. Belzil et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Modeling key pathological features of frontotemporal dementia with C9ORF72 repeat expansion in iPSC-derived human neurons

(2013) Sandra Almeida et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Hypermethylation of the CpG Island Near the G4C2 Repeat in ALS with a C9orf72 Expansion

(2013) Zhengrui Xi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Large C9orf72 Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansions Are Seen in Multiple Neurodegenerative Syndromes and Are More Frequent Than Expected in the UK Population

(2013) Jon Beck et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

C9ORF72Intermediate Repeat Copies Are a Significant Risk Factor for Parkinson Disease

(2013) Karen Nuytemans et al.   ANNALS OF HUMAN GENETICS

Association between repeat sizes and clinical and pathological characteristics in carriers of C9ORF72 repeat expansions (Xpansize-72): a cross-sectional cohort study

(2013) Marka van Blitterswijk et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Simultaneous and independent detection of C9ORF72 alleles with low and high number of GGGGCC repeats using an optimised protocol of Southern blot hybridisation

(2013) Vladimir L Buchman et al.   Molecular Neurodegeneration

C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansions of 20-22 repeats are associated with frontotemporal deterioration

(2013) E. Gomez-Tortosa et al.   NEUROLOGY

Unconventional Translation of C9ORF72 GGGGCC Expansion Generates Insoluble Polypeptides Specific to c9FTD/ALS

(2013) Peter E.A. Ash et al.   NEURON

RNA Toxicity from the ALS/FTD C9ORF72 Expansion Is Mitigated by Antisense Intervention

(2013) Christopher J. Donnelly et al.   NEURON

C9ORF72 Repeat Expansion in Australian and Spanish Frontotemporal Dementia Patients

(2013) Carol Dobson-Stone et al.   PLoS One

Deletion of C9ORF72 Results in Motor Neuron Degeneration and Stress Sensitivity in C. elegans

(2013) Martine Therrien et al.   PLoS One

RAN proteins and RNA foci from antisense transcripts in C9ORF72 ALS and frontotemporal dementia

(2013) T. Zu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Expanded GGGGCC repeat RNA associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia causes neurodegeneration

(2013) Z. Xu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Targeted degradation of sense and antisense C9orf72 RNA foci as therapy for ALS and frontotemporal degeneration

(2013) C. Lagier-Tourenne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The C9orf72 GGGGCC Repeat Is Translated into Aggregating Dipeptide-Repeat Proteins in FTLD/ALS

(2013) K. Mori et al.   SCIENCE

Targeting RNA Foci in iPSC-Derived Motor Neurons from ALS Patients with a C9ORF72 Repeat Expansion

(2013) D. Sareen et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Current insights into the C9orf72 repeat expansion diseases of the FTLD/ALS spectrum

(2013) Marc Cruts et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Hexanucleotide Repeats in ALS/FTD Form Length-Dependent RNA Foci, Sequester RNA Binding Proteins, and Are Neurotoxic

(2013) Youn-Bok Lee et al.   Cell Reports

Distinct Clinical Characteristics of C9orf72 Expansion Carriers Compared With GRN, MAPT, and Nonmutation Carriers in a Flanders-Belgian FTLD Cohort

(2013) Tim Van Langenhove et al.   JAMA Neurology

Promoter DNA methylation regulates progranulin expression and is altered in FTLD

(2013) Julia Banzhaf-Strathmann et al.   Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Pattern of ubiquilin pathology in ALS and FTLD indicates presence of C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansion

(2012) Johannes Brettschneider et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Clinical and pathological features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caused by mutation in the C9ORF72 gene on chromosome 9p

(2012) Heather Stewart et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Investigation of C9orf72 in 4 Neurodegenerative Disorders

(2012) Zhengrui Xi et al.   ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY

C9ORF72 Repeat Expansion in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in the Kii Peninsula of Japan

(2012) Hiroyuki Ishiura et al.   ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY

Clinical characteristics of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carrying the pathogenic GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion of C9ORF72

(2012) A. Chio et al.   BRAIN

Clinical and pathological features of familial frontotemporal dementia caused by C9ORF72 mutation on chromosome 9p

(2012) G.-Y. R. Hsiung et al.   BRAIN

Clinico-pathological features in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with expansions in C9ORF72

(2012) Johnathan Cooper-Knock et al.   BRAIN

Distinct clinical and pathological characteristics of frontotemporal dementia associated with C9ORF72 mutations

(2012) J. S. Snowden et al.   BRAIN

The clinical and pathological phenotype of C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions

(2012) Javier Simón-Sánchez et al.   BRAIN

Characterization of frontotemporal dementia and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with the GGGGCC repeat expansion in C9ORF72

(2012) Bradley F. Boeve et al.   BRAIN

Molecular analysis and biochemical classification of TDP-43 proteinopathy

(2012) Hiroshi Tsuji et al.   BRAIN

Frontotemporal dementia with the C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion: clinical, neuroanatomical and neuropathological features

(2012) C. J. Mahoney et al.   BRAIN

Corticobasal and ataxia syndromes widen the spectrum ofC9ORF72hexanucleotide expansion disease

(2012) SG Lindquist et al.   CLINICAL GENETICS

The C9ORF72 expansion mutation is a common cause of ALS+/−FTD in Europe and has a single founder

(2012) Bradley N Smith et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Evidence for an oligogenic basis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

(2012) Marka van Blitterswijk et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Analysis of theC9orf72Gene in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Spain and Different Populations Worldwide

(2012) Alberto García-Redondo et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

ALSoD: A user-friendly online bioinformatics tool for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis genetics

(2012) Olubunmi Abel et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

Locus-specific mutation databases for neurodegenerative brain diseases

(2012) Marc Cruts et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

A Pan-European Study of theC9orf72Repeat Associated with FTLD: Geographic Prevalence, Genomic Instability, and Intermediate Repeats

(2012) Julie van der Zee et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

Phenotype difference between ALS patients with expanded repeats inC9ORF72and patients with mutations in other ALS-related genes

(2012) Stéphanie Millecamps et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS

ALS/FTD phenotype in two Sardinian families carrying bothC9ORF72andTARDBPmutations

(2012) Adriano Chiò et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY

Japanese amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72

(2012) T. Konno et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY

Cognitive and clinical characteristics of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carrying a C9orf72 repeat expansion: a population-based cohort study

(2012) Susan Byrne et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study

(2012) Elisa Majounie et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions in the Italian sporadic ALS population

(2012) Mario Sabatelli et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING

Screening for C9ORF72 repeat expansion in FTLD

(2012) Raffaele Ferrari et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING

C9ORF72 repeat expansion in clinical and neuropathologic frontotemporal dementia cohorts

(2012) C. Dobson-Stone et al.   NEUROLOGY

Transmission of C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

(2012) Roger Pamphlett et al.   NEUROREPORT

Microglial Activation Correlates with Disease Progression and Upper Motor Neuron Clinical Symptoms in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

(2012) Johannes Brettschneider et al.   PLoS One

p62 positive, TDP-43 negative, neuronal cytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusions in the cerebellum and hippocampus define the pathology of C9orf72-linked FTLD and MND/ALS

(2011) Safa Al-Sarraj et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Clinical and neuropathologic heterogeneity of c9FTD/ALS associated with hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72

(2011) Melissa E. Murray et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

FXN methylation predicts expression and clinical outcome in Friedreich ataxia

(2011) Marguerite V. Evans-Galea et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

CGG repeat in the FMR1 gene: size matters

(2011) R Willemsen et al.   CLINICAL GENETICS

Epigenetic Regulation of Motor Neuron Cell Death through DNA Methylation

(2011) B. A. Chestnut et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

(2011) Matthew C Kiernan et al.   LANCET

A C9orf72 promoter repeat expansion in a Flanders-Belgian cohort with disorders of the frontotemporal lobar degeneration-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spectrum: a gene identification study

(2011) Ilse Gijselinck et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Mapping and analysis of chromatin state dynamics in nine human cell types

(2011) Jason Ernst et al.   NATURE

Expanded GGGGCC Hexanucleotide Repeat in Noncoding Region of C9ORF72 Causes Chromosome 9p-Linked FTD and ALS

(2011) Mariely DeJesus-Hernandez et al.   NEURON

A Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion in C9ORF72 Is the Cause of Chromosome 9p21-Linked ALS-FTD

(2011) Alan E. Renton et al.   NEURON

Identification of 2 Loci at Chromosomes 9 and 14 in a Multiplex Family With Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

(2010) Ilse Gijselinck et al.   ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY

Clinical, neuroimaging and neuropathological features of a new chromosome 9p-linked FTD-ALS family

(2010) A. L. Boxer et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY

Chromosome 9p21 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Finland: a genome-wide association study

(2010) Hannu Laaksovirta et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Chromosome 9p21 in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the UK and seven other countries: a genome-wide association study

(2010) Aleksey Shatunov et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Common variants at 7p21 are associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 inclusions

(2010) Vivianna M Van Deerlin et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Genetic contribution of FUS to frontotemporal lobar degeneration

(2010) T. Van Langenhove et al.   NEUROLOGY

Exome Sequencing Reveals VCP Mutations as a Cause of Familial ALS

(2010) Janel O. Johnson et al.   NEURON

Ubiquitinated, p62 immunopositive cerebellar cortical neuronal inclusions are evident across the spectrum of TDP-43 proteinopathies but are only rarely additionally immunopositive for phosphorylation-dependent TDP-43

(2010) Andrew King et al.   NEUROPATHOLOGY

A genome-wide analysis of brain DNA methylation identifies new candidate genes for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

(2009) Julia M. Morahan et al.   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Frontotemporal dementia and motor neurone disease: Overlapping clinic-pathological disorders

(2009) Patricia Lillo et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

No evidence for cognitive dysfunction or depression in patients with mild restless legs syndrome

(2009) Erika Driver-Dunckley et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Genome-wide association study identifies 19p13.3 (UNC13A) and 9p21.2 as susceptibility loci for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

(2009) Michael A van Es et al.   NATURE GENETICS